Active Shooter

The Active Shooter topic gives EMTs and paramedics an invaluable resource to find news articles, response and triage tips and expert commentary for active shooter response - from stopping severe bleeding, triaging multiple patients, and entering the warm zone in a rescue task force, as well as advice to pass to your family in the event of an active shooter encounter.
Full list of Active Shooter results
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At least 3 hurt in Calif. high school shooting
–Authorities say a suspect is in custody and is being treated at a local hospital
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Pittsburgh paramedics honored for heroics in 2018 synagogue shooting
–“It’s one of the darkest hours our city has ever had to go through,” Mayor Bill Peduto said. “Because of you, there were rays of light that came out of that darkness”
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Teen who charged Colo. school gunman dreams of becoming EMT
–Joshua Jones, 18, was one of three teens who charged the gunman after he entered their classroom and detained him until help arrived
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New details emerge on delayed response in Parkland high school shooting
–“Had we known the shooter wasn’t there, we probably could have flooded that building a lot faster," SWAT member George Schmidt said
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Officials identify Chicago gunman who killed 3, including police officer
–Authorities identified the gunman as Juan Lopez, who killed a doctor, a pharmacy resident and Officer Samuel Jimenez
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Officials: Motive unclear in shooting that killed 12 at Calif. bar
–The dead included 11 people inside the bar and a veteran sheriff's sergeant who was the first officer inside the door
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Paramedics recount their actions at synagogue massacre scene
–“I’m thinking to myself, ‘What are we doing to do if all of this is real?’” tactical paramedic Justin Sypolt said about the Tree of Life Congregation shooting
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City official: 11 killed, 6 wounded in shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue
–At least six people were wounded, including four police officers who dashed to the scene
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Ill. fire dept. changes active shooter response methods to save more victims
–Instead of waiting to give medical attention to gunshot victims a block away, Springfield responders will go in with police officers to be able to give immediate care
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Official: 3 people killed in Md. shooting
–A suspect was taken into custody and was in critical condition, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler told a news conference
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Investigation reveals Boston has no response plan for active shooting incidents
–Boston EMS said they have procedures to respond to shootings, but a security expert said it may not be enough
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Dallas paramedic shooting suspect found dead, 2nd body found
–Emergency responders were treating a civilian who had been shot when another person approached, opened fired and critically injured a paramedic
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Virginia Tech marks 10 years after shooting that killed 32
–It was, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history
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Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting lessons for EMS response to MCIs
–Orange County EMS medical director describes expected and unexpected lessons learned from the deadliest shooting in U.S. history at NAEMSP annual meeting
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Terrorism suspected in car-and-knife attack at Ohio State
–At least two people were being treated for stab wounds, four were injured by the car and two others were being treated for cuts.
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